- Frontier Communications ILEC Holdings
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Frontier Communications ILEC Holdings, Inc. Type Subsidiary of Frontier Industry Telecommunications Founded 2009 Parent - Verizon (2009–2010)
- Frontier (2010–present)
Website www.frontier.com Frontier Communications ILEC Holdings, Inc. is a company created by Verizon Communications in 2009. The company, sold to Frontier Communications on July 1, 2010, serves as a holding company for former Bell System, Contel, and GTE telephone operating companies that were owned by Verizon prior to July 1, 2010.
The company was founded as New Communications ILEC Holdings, Inc. to own the following companies transferred from Verizon and GTE[1]:
- Contel of the South
- New Communications of the Carolinas (split from Verizon South)
- New Communications of the Southwest (split from Verizon California)
- Verizon North
- Verizon Northwest
- Verizon West Coast
- Verizon West Virginia (originally part of Bell System)
Once the purchase was completed, the company names were changed to reflect Frontier ownership[2].
References
Operating companies Citizens Telecommunications Company of Nebraska · Citizens Telecommunications Company of the White Mountains · Citizens Telecommunications Company of West Virginia · Citizens Utilities Rural · Frontier Communications Northwest · Frontier Communications of Breezewood · Frontier Communications of Mondovi · Frontier Communications of the Carolinas · Frontier Communications of the Southwest · Frontier Communications of Virginia · Frontier Communications West Coast · Frontier Midstates · Frontier North · Frontier Telephone of Rochester · Frontier West Virginia · Navajo Communications · Ogden TelephoneLong distance/Internet services Frontier Communications of America · Frontier Communications Online and Long DistanceSpinoffs of American Telephone & Telegraph Company 1956: Bell Canada • Northern Electric
1984 divestiture: Ameritech • Bell Atlantic • Bell Communications Research • BellSouth • NYNEX • Pacific Telesis • Southwestern Bell • U S WEST
1996: Lucent Technologies • NCR
1997: AT&T Submarine System, sold to Tyco International
2001: AT&T Wireless Services
2003: AT&T Broadband
Second-Generation SpinoffsLucent Technologies: Advanced American Telephones (2000) • Avaya (2000) • QLT Consumer Lease Services (2000) • Agere Systems (2002)
MediaOne Group (f/k/a original U S WEST): U S WEST (1998)
Pacific Telesis: AirTouch (1994)
Regional Bell Operating Companies: Telcordia Technologies (1997)
SBC Communications: DonTech (2004)
Verizon Communications: Hawaiian Telcom (2005) • Idearc (2006) • Northern New England Spinco (2008) • Frontier Communications ILEC Holdings (2010)
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- Companies established in 2009
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